By Patrick
Goodenough
February 24,
2012
(CNSNews.com)
– In the wake of President Barack Obama
sending a three-page letter to Afghan President Hamid Kharzai, apologizing for
U.S. forces having mistakenly burned some Qur'ans at a U.S. air base in
Afghanistan, the Taliban is calling on Muslims to kill Americans or beat them
and take them as prisoners.
The call for
violence against U.S. troops in Afghanistan came as Muslims in South Asia and
elsewhere prepared for Friday prayers--a potentially volatile time. Islamist groups
in Pakistan, meanwhile, drummed up protests against the burning of the Qur’ans,
with some leaders appealing for jihad against the United States.
“Kill them,
beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never
summon the courage to abuse the Holy Qur’an again,” he said. Mujahid said the
Taliban called on the world’s Muslims to condemn the incident, "both
practically and verbally and back the legitimate struggle of the Muslim
Afghans” against the “American aggressors.”
The problem is not Obama's apology. The problem was the stupid and ignorant soldiers that burned copies of the Quran in a muslim nation. Obama was only doing damage control, trying to put USA best face to quell an incendiary issue.
ReplyDeleteLet's say a group of Afghans goes to the USA Capitol and burn the USA flag and copies of the USA Constitution. Or instead, they go to the Vatican and burn the Bible while the Pope is conducting mass. I bet there will be security forces jumping on them. And some will be hurt, or killed. Well, that's what happened in Afghanistan.
The lesson here is whenever you go to a foreign country, even in a war, respect that country, its people and culture. That's the only way you will gain their respect.